{"id":7849,"date":"2022-02-02T13:35:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T13:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/?p=7849"},"modified":"2024-10-04T10:14:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T10:14:51","slug":"fingerprint-authorship-verification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/fingerprint-authorship-verification\/","title":{"rendered":"Fingerprint: Advanced Tool for Authorship Verification"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When to use Fingerprint?<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fingerprint will be helpful in checking students\u2019 works with suspiciously low similarity percentages, especially if you feel that the style of the paper is somewhat off. For example, the document you can see below has a 0% similarity score, but what if the phrasing is very different from what you would typically expect from this student?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/for-education-request\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7791\" src=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2022-01-13_at_12.05.29-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"Authorship Verification tool\" width=\"167\" height=\"44\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14303 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.18.34-1024x535.png\" alt=\"Fingerprint Authorship Verification\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.18.34-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.18.34-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.18.34-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.18.34-1536x802.png 1536w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.18.34-2048x1070.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alternatively, Fingerprint will help you understand if the author resorts to sneaky text manipulation tactics. For instance, they may translate some portions of text from a different language using machine translation tools. Though this may help them sometimes circumvent most plagiarism detection algorithms, Fingerprint will catch the style variations and signal that you should pay more attention to the text at hand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fingerprint can also help catch cases of heavy paraphrasing used to conceal plagiarism. As a rule, this is done with text-spinning tools, which can make the text sound somewhat unnatural, though it may sometimes outsmart similarity detection software. Fingerprint will identify the changes in the author\u2019s style and predict the likelihood of them being the author.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to use Fingerprint?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Make sure you are logged in PlagiarismCheck.org, otherwise the button doesn&#8217;t appear on a report.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To start using Fingerprint, you need to feed it a sufficient amount of text written by the author whose authorship you want to verify. That is, to launch authorship detection, you need to make sure you have checked the total of at least ten pages of the original text (parts with a high similarity score are excluded from the word count).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To activate Fingerprint for a specific user, you should log in as a Teacher or Owner and click on the Fingerprint icon in each of the user\u2019s reports, including the document that needs authorship verification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14307 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.33.41-1024x393.png\" alt=\"How to check authorship\" width=\"1024\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.33.41-1024x393.png 1024w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.33.41-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.33.41-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.33.41-1536x589.png 1536w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.33.41.png 1658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to interpret the results?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The algorithm will analyze the user\u2019s submissions based on eight major components. Just in under 20 seconds, you will get a color-coded result.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>A full scale<\/strong> will imply that the document was most likely written by the author.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14317 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.29.03-1024x393.png\" alt=\"Check writing for authorship \" width=\"1024\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.29.03-1024x393.png 1024w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.29.03-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.29.03-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.29.03-1536x589.png 1536w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.29.03.png 1658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>A half-filled scale<\/strong> means that the text contains elements that stand out from the author\u2019s style.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14311 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.29.53-1024x393.png\" alt=\"How to verify authorship\" width=\"1024\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.29.53-1024x393.png 1024w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.29.53-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.29.53-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.29.53-1536x589.png 1536w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.29.53.png 1658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>An almost empty scale<\/strong> means that the text contains many elements that are inconsistent with the author\u2019s usual style.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14313 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.30.16-1024x393.png\" alt=\"Authorship Verification for teachers\" width=\"1024\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.30.16-1024x393.png 1024w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.30.16-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.30.16-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.30.16-1536x589.png 1536w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-19.30.16.png 1658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Possible errors<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you get the following messages after attempting to use Fingerprint, make sure that there is enough original text for Fingerprint to analyze.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14319 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.04.02-1024x393.png\" alt=\"Authorship Verification guide\" width=\"1024\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.04.02-1024x393.png 1024w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.04.02-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.04.02-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.04.02-1536x589.png 1536w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.04.02.png 1658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The example above lacks the original text to be accepted by Fingerprint (at least 3000 original characters is required for a document you want to check to authorship). The message below means that you should upload more documents from a student whose work you want to check for Fingerprint to be able to build a student&#8217;s writing style profile (around 12 pages of original writing is required).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14321 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.13.35-1024x393.png\" alt=\"Authorship Verification software\" width=\"1024\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.13.35-1024x393.png 1024w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.13.35-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.13.35-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.13.35-1536x589.png 1536w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.13.35.png 1658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inactive Fingerprint icon implies that Fingerprint is disabled for your group. In this case, contact your administrator to get it activated for your account. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14323 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.17.02-1024x393.png\" alt=\"Authorship Verification: how to prevent ghostwriting\" width=\"1024\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.17.02-1024x393.png 1024w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.17.02-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.17.02-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.17.02-1536x589.png 1536w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2023-09-03-at-20.17.02.png 1658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please note that although we have used the latest research to create a tool that would pinpoint each user\u2019s unique writing style profile, we urge you to <\/span><b>treat its results as<\/b> <b>a mere recommendation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to discuss any concerns with the student.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/for-education-request\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7791\" src=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2022-01-13_at_12.05.29-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"Authorship Verification by PlagiarismCheck.org\" width=\"167\" height=\"44\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PlagiarismCheck.org is developed to accelerate teaching and learning routines. Try our <a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plagiarism checker<\/a> and AI detection solutions <a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/plagiarism-detector-for-google-classroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for Google Classroom<\/a>, Canvas, and other popular LMS, and see how they can empower your workflow!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n  \"@type\": \"Recipe\",\n  \"name\": \"Fingerprint: Advanced Tool for Authorship Verification\",\n  \"author\": {\n    \"@type\": \"Person\",\n    \"name\": \"Plagiarism Checker\"\n  },\n  \"description\": \"Fingerprint overview: how to check the papers' authorship and prevent ghostwriting. 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